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Guillotine

Rarity
SSR
Manufacturer
Elysion
Class
Attacker
Weapon
Machine Gun
Element
Electric
Burst
Type 3

Released 11/4/2022

Character guide

This guide was translated into English by AI from the Korean version. View original (Korean)

Overall rating

An Electric Burst 3 Machine Gun DPS whose ATK and damage grow the lower her HP is.
She is used against Electric bosses, Elysion Tower, and similar content, but is rare in recent Raid and Arena core teams.

Skill mechanics

raises Critical Rate and drains HP every 30 shots, and raises Critical Damage every 150 shots. At 70% HP or lower, ATK proportional to lost HP stacks up.

deals damage to the 1 enemy with the highest final ATK, and if her HP is 50% or lower, extra damage hits the same target.

How to use

Keep landing 30 and 150 hits to stack and .
Use after getting to 70% HP or lower.
Reload just before overheating, or stop firing manually to avoid overheat.

Synergy Nikkes

Guillotine: Winter Slayer is a separate Nikke. In Solo Raid and Interception, there are variants paired with tanks that survive without healing. Placing her with a healer reduces the benefit.

• Mast —

Paired in teams that raise only her max HP to lower her current HP ratio, meeting the ATK condition quickly.

• Volume —

Paired in Electric DPS lines that sync timing with B1 cooldown reduction and crit buffs.

• Anis: Sparkling Summer —

Paired in teams that raise Reload Speed to sustain Machine Gun fire and and stacks.

Recommended cubes

1Resilience Cube2Bastion Cube3Wingman Cube

For fire rate and reload, go Resilience Cube and Bastion Cube; for ammo and ammo charging, Wingman Cube.

Overload options

  • Increased Elemental Advantage Dmg · ×4
  • Increased ATK · ×4
  • Increased Max Ammunition Capacity · ×3

For Machine Guns, prioritize Max Ammo and Elemental Advantage damage lines. Critical Rate and Critical Damage overlap with her skills, so add them only to remaining lines.

Skill investment

4/7/4Minimum→7/10/6Value→10/10/7Endgame

Raise first, then and in that order. is noticeable even around 6-7.

Best for

CampaignRaidsTowerArena (PvP)

Assumes a team built around HP loss with no healing. She deals damage against Electric-weak bosses and in Elysion Tower, but is rarely a core pick in recent Raids overall.

Pros

greatly raises her ATK the lower her HP is.
deals big single-target damage.
and stack crit-related buffs.

Cons and caveats

takes a long stretch of sustained fire to build up.
Incoming healing reduces the benefit of her HP-loss buff.
Machine Gun overheat and reload need managing.

Other

Guillotine: Winter Slayer (often called Winter Guillotine) is a Water, Burst-stacking type and plays differently.